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Like this, that, these, those; used to make a comparison with something implied by context.demonstrative
- I’ve never seen such clouds in the sky before.
- Really? Unfortunately, my mind refuses to bring any such memory forward.
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Any.
- the above address or at such other address as may be provided
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Used as an intensifier roughly equivalent to very much (of), quite or rather.
- Unfortunately, it wasn't such a good holiday as we thought it would be.
- I spent such a lot last night (that) now I can't even afford a burger.
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Used as an intensifier roughly equivalent to very much (of), quite or rather.; Used with gradable noun phrases to form exclamations.
- Such hypocrisy!
- Such beautiful eyes you have.
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A certain; representing the object as already particularized in terms which are not mentioned.dialectalobsolete
- In rushed one and tells him such a knight / Is new arrived.
- To-day or to-morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year.
such
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A person, a thing, people, or things like the one or ones already mentioned.
- Such is life, such as it is.
- When applied to women, 'handsome' is used mostly of such as are middle-aged or elderly.
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Something being indicated that is similar to something else.
- But granted that Plato does not accept the this-such distinction, why saddle him with the view that all things are thises, rather than all suches or perhaps even neither?